The suspects accused of forgery and fraudulent withdrawal were Odoh Eric Ocheme, Adamu Abubakar and Imam Abubakar.
Jim Obazee said his office determined Godwin Emefiele used Mr Lemo, a former CBN deputy governor, and others as proxies to set up Titan Trust Bank.
Jim Obazee’s team has been following a theory that the safes were removed and a new set planted as a decoy to derail the ongoing probe.
The special investigator said the exploitation of ways and means was a criminal offence that should be severely punished under existing regulations of the central bank.
The recommendation could plunge the country into a fresh round of currency crisis even as the initial chaos that followed last year’s introduction of new notes has lingered.
The theft, said to have occurred on February 8, 2023, was listed among a laundry of corrupt diversions of public cash linked to Mr Emefiele and other Buhari admin officials.
